Grainne McLoughlin

Gráinne McLoughlin is a cognitive neuroscientist studying brain function in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders often in the context of familial, genetic and environmental influences. She is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.

After graduate studies in behavioural genetics and cognitive neuroscience, Gráinne completed postdoctoral work at KCL and University of California San Diego. Her work is focused on the study of electroencephalographic measures of brain signals in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, eating disorders and depression. She has innovated in portable data collection methods and uses advances in signal processing to clarify brain function in psychiatric disorders.

Gráinne has a particular interest in the timing of brain oscillations and how this impacts behaviour. Woven through this work is the desire to advance diagnostic methods and intervention to improve the quality of life for those with neurodevelopmental disorders and mental ill health.